One of the most confusing parties of the trade deadline at the start of the month was when the Lakers announced that their trade to acquire the great man Mark Williams of Charlotte Hornets was canceled only 48 hours after his announcement. It was a head of the head given the positive brands that the Lakers received for having concluded the agreement, which sent Dalton Knecht, Cam Reddish and a future choice of first -round recovery to Charlotte.
THE Lakers have cited several problems with the physics of Williams And felt that Charlotte had not “satisfied a condition of the profession”. In terms of basic, it seems that the Lakers thought that the Hornets were not transparent about the extent of Williams’s injuries, and after being assessed by the Lakers medical staff, they gave the advice not to follow Trade. The Hornets have since contacted the League office to contest the canceled trade, although there is probably not much.
Consequently, the players involved in the agreement had to bear the very annoying situation of being exchanged, only to be informed “oh, I am kidding” in the space of 48 hours. And although a week has passed since their return to their original teams, it is always a subject of conversation – especially when the Lakers and the Hornets faced Wednesday evening, which led to a 100-97 victory For Charlotte.
Hornets contesting the Lakers’ decision to cancel the trade in Mark Williams, in contact with the NBA, compared to
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While addressing media before this match in Los Angeles, Williams was very open in his assessment of participation in such a strange situation.
“My agent said to me (that the trade was canceled)” Williams said According to Charlotte’s observer. “I did not think that I had failed my physique. It did not even cross my mind. The night I was exchanged, I played minutes Hella. I did not think in a world Possible.
The whole test was an emotional conduct for Williams.
“You have gone from excited, back to shocked. You control what you can control,” he said.
Williams’ agent Jeff Schwartz also talked about the situation, Say Thursday This “overwhelming feeling, after having conferred with several recognized doctors at the national level, is that the Los Angeles Lakers should not have failed in Mark Williams on his physique”.
Schwartz went to say This, “Mark was ready and able to play for them and should have received this opportunity.”
Williams has a long history of injuries, in particular by being limited to only 19 games a season ago due to a back injury, and an exclusion of 23 games this season because of a foot problem. However, he played in three consecutive games leading to trade without problem, and only missed matches if it was a back on the back. On the side of Charlotte, there was no reason to believe that he was dealing with an injury.
Lakers have not revealed a lot of what was found during Williams’ physique, and we will probably never know this information, but it is a strange situation. If the Lakers felt uncomfortable with trade as before the deadline, the agreement could have been modified. But because this information was reported after the deadline, the only option for the was to keep Williams or completely cancel the agreement.
The Lakers opted for the latter, although it seems that on the side of Charlotte’s things, there are tensions in the situation. We will have to see if the league intervenes in this question, but since it has been a week since the whole test happened, it would be shocking that Adam Silver would say that the trade cannot be canceled. At the very least, perhaps the Lakers are condemned to a fine, although it is a slap in the wrist if it is found that they simply had remorse of the buyer.
